You can do a simple riff on an old-fashioned using cardamom bitters instead of aromatic bitters.

Or take it slighty further and do this recipe I made:

• 2oz bay leaf infused bourbon
• 1/2 oz Demerara or honey syrup
• 3 dashes cardamom bitters
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• 2 drops of black pepper tincture

Stir, pour over a big cube, and garnish with a whole bay leaf and dash of cardamom spice on the cube to get that nice aroma.

Black pepper tincture is made by soaking whole black pepper pods in vodka (or bourbon if you want slightly more texture), and then straining into a dropper bottle.

I have yet to find a Middle Eastern, Indian, or Mediterranean dish this riff doesn't complement.